[ltp] RedHat 7.3 on IBM ThinkPad 600E

[Bert Haskins]

Does your sound work?
My wave files play but at a very low volume.
CDS  play but at a very low volume.
All sliders are at max.
Midi files are badly garbled.
7.3 on these 770x, 770z, 390E, 390X
Thanks, Bert

JC WOODWARD wrote:

> Hi Pino,
>
> I'm a newbie at all this (purchased a used TP600X a couple of weeks ago,
> started lurking on this list a couple of weeks ago, and have only limited
> experience with Linux).  But since no one has replied to your query and I
> believe my  -limited- experience may be of use, I'll take a plunge and post
> the following.  I'm assuming your 600E is substantially identical to my
> 600X.
>
> >Works very good but I have problems with hibernate and/or suspend !
>
> Invoking the standby / suspend / hibernate features with the FnF3 / FnF4 /
> FnF12 keys is implemented in hardware so it doesn't matter what OS yor are
> running.  Works the same with Windows, Linux, whatever.   Do you still have
> Win98 on your TP?  If so, it's well documented at START > Programs >
> ThinkPad 600 > TP600 Users Guide > Index > "Power Management".
>
> The big thing they don't tell you is how to use the PS2.EXE ThinkPad
> configuration utility.  At a DOS prompt type "PS2 ?" for a long list of all
> the things you can adjust.  Type "PS2 ? HFILE" to learn how to setup the
> hibernation file which is a prerequisite for hibernation to work.  Others
> have recently posted ideas on re-installing PS2 if you have lost it.
>
> Since I was a bit nervous about having the hardware laying down large
> amounts of date into a partition containing valuable data, I created a
> separate partition on the hard drive sized to be somewhat bigger than the
> sum of my RAM plus my video RAM, formated as Windows FAT32.  Reboot and this
> shows up as a new drive D: which you have to format.  Finally, at the DOS
> prompt type "PS2 HFILE D" which fills that partition with the single
> (hidden) file PM_HIBER.BIN.  Now FnF12 will work -  even in Linux.
>
> >I wish to install RH 7.3... some suggestions for me ???
>
> I just installed RH7.3 and it went without a hiccup. Not even a sniffle.
>
> When asked, describe your devices as follows:
> . Mouse as PS2 3-button (your third "scroll" button will act like the middle
>   button of a 3-button mouse)
> . Keyboard as Microsoft Natural keyboard, multi-keys enabled.
> . Monitor as Generic Laptop 1024X768 LCD.
> . Video card - the hardware probe correctly identified it, just accept.
>
> At partition time I selected to partition my disk manually with Disk Druid.
> I left my Windows and hibernatae paritions intact and added the following
> partitions:
>  .  50Mb boot
>  . 512Mb swap
>  . 4000Mb root
>
> At package selection time, check the "Select individual packages" box.  This
> will allow you to accept the entire default selection yet confirm that
> lm-sensors will NOT be installed.  On the next screen select Flat View which
> shows all packaged alphabetically by name.  Scroll down to lm-sensors and
> confirm that it is not checked.
>
> >I don't want destroy my notebook with lm_sensors... :-(
>
> See above - it won't even be installed. :-)
>
> >Can you send me a little 'step by step' installation guide ???
>
> I think I just did.  The entire rest of the installation was no more
> challenging than acccepting suggested defaults and watching it run by
> itself!  If you have any questions e-mail me.
>
> Regards,
>
> JC
>
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